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Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
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Robert McKee

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(القصة (المادة، البنية، الأسلوب، مباديء الكتابة للسينما

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To understand the Quest form of your story you need only
identify your protagonist's Object of Desire.

Bring in the Central Plot's Inciting Incident as soon as
possible... but not until the moment is ripe.

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Part 2 Done.
A CONTROLLING IDEA may be expressed in a single sentence describing how and why life undergoes change from one condition of existence at the beginning to another at the end.
The Controlling Idea has two components: Value plus Cause.

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